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How does Hill define reality TV? According to Hill (2005), ‘the category of reality TV is commonly used to describe a range of popular factual programming. The process of categorising reality TV highlights the inherent problems for the television industry, scholars and audiences in defining a genre that by its very nature is concerned with multiple generic participation, and constant regeneration Television industry. Hill stated that Reality TV on television industry is a successful genre and he mentioned that the most traditional industry term for reality TV is factual entertainment. It tells about how variety of heading for reality TV has been used and how game shows led to more frequent use of ‘reality TV to notice popular factual. Television scholars According to Hill (2005), television scholars have defined reality TV in a variety of different ways. Kilborn proposed reality TV is ‘fictional drama rooted in real-life situations. Reality TV employs different people, but there are still about the same number of jobs and it just gave us new up and coming actors with just a different way of getting started reality TV is no more "real" than the conventional scripted kind. Television Audience Hill (2005) indicated that reality TV viewers classify programmes according to fact/fiction criteria. Key characteristic of television is to let people to see for themselves. For example, reality shows like Survivor and Big Brother, What attracts audience is what people will or will not do for money. Will they stick to their morals or do something out of character. "People will do anything for money" including going through much physical, emotional and ethical discomfort / mental struggle. Evil Dick was the best Big Brother winners ever. He sniffed out people who were false and had the balls to call them on it to their face. He had a partnership with his daughter that lasted the whole game. He was a real character before he was on the show and seemed to behave exactly like he had behaved all his life so he didn't change his behavior for the show. Reality TV draws a viewing for several reasons: 1. people are very into watching other people's lives, many escaping form their own lives while staying in the comfort of their own home 2. it changes constantly. It's rare that a reality tv series will recycle a plot line like scheduled programming will. Conclusion According to Hill(2005), there is no one define of reality programme. However it may competing definitions of what has come to be called the reality genre Hill, A. (2005) The reality genre. In A. Hill, Reality TV: Audiences and Popular Factual Television. (pp. 14 – 40). Oxon: Routledge w